Re: 64 bit-flash failing sites (was: What to choose for Core i5 64 bits?)
> 1/ Firefox can be downloaded from Mozilla site (and Mozilla does not
> provide a 64-bit version for their browser, only 32-bit binaries). Once
> downloaded, no need to install anything, just click and run. Then, you
> can download the flash plugin (32 bits) and store it under Firefox
> plugins folder.
>
> 2/ Installing Firefox/Iceweasel standalone in a concrete directory so it
> gets no messed with the 64-bits installation and put there the 32-bits
> plugins.
>
> In fact, IIRC, the second option was the most used when no flash nor java
> plugin was available natively for 64 bits systems.
>
> And last, there is the option you already mentioned, making a chroot
> environment and run it from there :-)
>
> Greetings,
>
> --
> Camaleón
I use #1 to easily run Thunderbird 3.x on Lenny. I did not realize that these statically linked binaries could also be used to run 32bit on a amd64 machine.
Thanks for the info!
--
Jordan Metzmeier
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